Hand-held member and hand-held-type article

ABSTRACT

A hand-held member includes: a hand-held part main body; and a covering material that includes a resin material having viscoelasticity in a temperature range of 10 to 40° C. and covers the hand-held part main body. A hand-held-type article includes: the hand-held member described above; and a main body that is joined adjacent to the hand-held member and functions when the hand-held member is gripped.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a hand-held member including a portionto be held by hand, and a hand-held-type article.

BACKGROUND ART

Hand-held-type articles including: a container (a so-called mug bottle,or the like) having a space for containing liquid such as a beverage; aknife such as a kitchen knife; various kinds of tableware; and the likeare often used in daily life. The hand-held-type article has, forexample, a main body having a function such as storing a liquid, and ahand-held part joined adjacent to the main body. When a user holds thehand-held part to hold the article, an operation such as putting abeverage or the like in and out of a container, cutting foodstuff with akitchen knife, or the like is performed, and a function as the articleis realized.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A hand-held member of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes:a hand-held part main body; and a covering material that includes aresin material having viscoelasticity in a temperature range of 10 to40° C. and covers the hand-held part main body, in which a dynamicfriction coefficient of a surface portion of the covering material to auser's finger in contact with an exposed surface of the coveringmaterial displaced from a stationary state has a region where thedynamic friction coefficient increases in proportion to the displacementamount of a user's finger from a stationary state, and indicates amaximum value when the displacement amount of the user's finger from thestationary state is a width of the finger.

A hand-held-type article of an embodiment of the present disclosureincludes: a hand-held member having the above configuration; and a mainbody that is joined adjacent to the hand-held member and functions whenthe hand-held member is gripped.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hand-held-type articleincluding a hand-held member according to a first embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view showing the hand-held-type article ofFIG. 1 cut in a length direction of a main body.

FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2A.

FIG. 3 is a graph showing a friction coefficient of a covering materialin a hand-held member according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4A is exploded plan view showing a hand-held-type article includinga hand-held member according to a second embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4B is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a cross section of aportion B of FIG. 4A.

FIG. 5 is a transparent plan view showing the hand-held-type article ofFIG. 4A.

EMBODIMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, a hand-held member and a hand-held-type article accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described withreference to the accompanying drawings. The figures used in thefollowing description are schematic, and dimensional ratios and the likeon the drawings do not always match the actual ones. Distinction betweenthe top and bottom in the following description is for convenience, anddoes not specify the top and bottom when the hand-held member or thehand-held-type article is actually used.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hand-held-type articleincluding a hand-held member according to a first embodiment of thepresent disclosure. FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view showing thehand-held-type article of FIG. 1 cut in a length direction of a mainbody, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG.2A.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 1, 2A, and 2B, a hand-held member 10covers an outer periphery of a main body 20 of a hand-held-type article30. The main body 20 of the hand-held-type article 30 is a tubularcontainer (hereinafter, also referred to as a container 20A). Thehand-held-type article 30 (hereinafter, simply referred to as an article30A) in this example in which the container 20A has an opening 3 b forthe liquid inlet/outlet on one side and has a bottom part 3 a on a sideopposite to the opening 3 b is, for example, a container that storesvarious kinds of beverage while keeping temperature. The opening 3 bdescribed above is closed with a lid material (a so-called cap) (notshown) of a fitting type, a screw type, or the like, for example. As aresult, an inside of the container 20A is hermetically sealed, andliquid such as a beverage is stored in a watertight state.

The container 20A is made of a metal material such as, for example,stainless steel. The container 20A may have a double wall structure witha vacuum portion sandwiched in between. In this case, heat transferinside and outside the container can be effectively reduced. The article30A is used as a mug bottle, a thermos bottle, or the like suitable forkeeping temperature of a beverage. The article 30A provided with such acontainer 20A includes vacuum double molded products, for example, whichare wide-mouthed bottles such as a mug bottle and a soup jar,tumbler-shaped cups, and the like.

The hand-held member 10 (10A) covers an outer periphery of the main body20 where the article 30A is held by a user's hand. The hand-held member10A in this case has a function of reducing a slip of fingers when thearticle 30A is gripped and held. The hand-held member 10A has a functionof increasing a friction coefficient of a surface portion of the article30A such as a mug bottle, as compared to a friction coefficient of asurface of the main body (container) 20A.

A hand-held part main body 1 is a portion that is in direct contact withan outer surface of the article 30A and is joined to the outer surface.Therefore, the hand-held part main body 1 is formed of a material thatfacilitates joining to the main body of the article 30A and makes iteasy to secure joining strength. The hand-held part main body 1 isformed of a material that facilitates attachment of a covering material2 to a surface of the hand-held part main body 1 and also makes it easyto improve strength of the attachment. Examples of such a material forforming the hand-held part main body 1 include polyolefin resin such aspolypropylene resin and polyethylene resin, and resin materials such aspolyester resin and vinyl resin.

The covering material 2 covers the surface of the hand-held part mainbody 1 as described above. An outer surface of the covering material 2is in direct contact with the user (fingers, and the like). The coveringmaterial 2 contains a resin material having viscoelasticity in atemperature range of 10 to 40° C. An outer surface portion of such acovering material 2 exhibits viscoelasticity in the temperature rangedescribed above.

The temperature range described above is the same as or approximated toa temperature of the covering material 2 when the user's fingers or thelike come into contact with the covering material 2 to use the article30A. Therefore, when the user starts using the article 30A, the coveringmaterial 2 behaves as an elastic body. Further, with the use of thearticle 30A, the covering material 2 behaves as a viscous body.

From the viewpoint of the user for this, when starting to use thearticle 30A (for example, when holding a mug bottle of the article 30Arelatively strongly), the user can easily grip the article 30A throughthe covering material 2 that behaves as an elastic body. As the article30A is continuously used (when a force is continuously applied to thecovering material 2), an elastic modulus of the covering material 2 thatbehaves as a viscous body gradually becomes smaller. That is, a force ofthe covering material 2 to repel the gripping force tends to be small.Therefore, a burden on the user holding the article is also reduced.Further, the covering material 2 is minutely deformed easily. Therefore,also when a way of holding the article 30A is changed (such as when aholding position is changed), the covering material 2 is slightlydeformed in accordance with a position of the finger, and the grippingof the article 30A through the covering material 2 can be easilycontinued.

Such a covering material 2 has an elastic modulus of about 100 to 500MPa, for example, when behaving as an elastic body.

The covering material 2 can be formed of a material containing at leastone selected from resin materials such as, for example, urethane resin,(meth) acrylic resin, and polyolefin resin. The covering material 2 maybe a material in which these resin materials are mixed, or may be acopolymer. Details of the covering material 2 will be described later.The (meth) acrylic resin means acrylic resin or methacrylic resin.

The hand-held member 10 can be produced, for example, as follows. First,a base material for the container 20A or the like (for example, astainless steel container of a mug bottle) of the article 30A isprepared. A thickness of the stainless steel of the container 20A is setto, for example, about 0.25 to 0.3 mm.

Next, polypropylene resin powder or the like is caused to adhere to anouter surface of the base material for the container 20A, and then thepolypropylene resin or the like is heated to be softened and adhere tothe surface of the base material, to form the hand-held part main body1.

After that, a resin material to be the covering material 2 is applied toan outer surface of the hand-held part main body 1, and this is heatedand cured to form the covering material 2.

By the above steps, the hand-held member 10 that covers the outersurface of the container 20A of the article 30A can be produced.

The above base material is not limited to the container 20A. Forexample, a metal mold for molding similar to the container 20A may beprepared, and this metal mold may be used to mold the resin materialthat is to be the covering material 2. In this case, the container 20Ais fitted into the hand-held member 10 prepared as a separate part fromthe container 20A, and the article 30A is manufactured.

A thickness of the hand-held part main body 1 with respect to the outersurface of the stainless steel container and the like (container 20A)can be appropriately set in accordance with conditions such as amaterial, workability at a time of formation, strength of joining to thecontainer 20A, and economic efficiency. For example, when the article30A is a mug bottle, a thickness of the hand-held part main body 1 maybe about 0.3 to 0.4 mm.

A thickness of the covering material 2 can be appropriately set inaccordance with conditions such as a material, workability at a time offormation, strength of joining to the hand-held part main body 1, andeconomic efficiency. For example, when the hand-held part main body 1 ismade of polypropylene resin, and the covering material 2 is made of aresin material containing urethane resin, the thickness of the coveringmaterial 2 may be about several tens of μm, and may be about 20 to 30μm, as an example.

The covering material 2 may have a region in which a dynamic frictioncoefficient of a surface portion with respect to an external member thatis in contact with an exposed surface and is displaced from a stationarystate is increased in proportion to a displacement amount of theexternal member from the stationary state. The external member is, forexample, a user's finger, a user who tries to lift a mug bottle, or thelike. That is, the covering material 2 has a region of a displacementamount of the fingers in which the fingers in contact with the outersurface is temporarily less likely to slip.

Therefore, when the covering material 2 is formed on the outer surfaceof the hand-held part main body 1, for example, it is possible toeffectively reduce a possibility of accidentally slipping off thearticle 30A or spilling liquid such as a beverage stored in thecontainer 20A. That is, the hand-held member 10A can be made to beeffective in improving ease of handling, such as practicality, safety,and the like of the article 30A.

The dynamic friction coefficient on the exposed surface of the coveringmaterial 2 with respect to the external member can be adjusted within apredetermined range, for example, by adjusting a viscosity, a softeningtemperature, surface roughness, and the like of the covering material 2when behaving as a viscous body. For example, by increasing theviscosity of the covering material 2, by lowering the softeningtemperature, and by increasing the surface roughness, the dynamicfriction coefficient of the covering material can be increased. At thistime, by using together a condition (for example, an increase in theviscosity) for further increasing the dynamic friction coefficient withdisplacement of the external member, it is possible to form the coveringmaterial 2 having a region in which the dynamic friction coefficientincreases in proportion to a displacement amount of the external memberfrom the stationary state.

FIG. 3 is a graph showing a friction coefficient of the coveringmaterial 2 in the hand-held member 10 (10A) of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The friction coefficient has been obtained bymeasuring a test force in a tensile mode, by using, as a test piece, aresin material piece having the same composition as that of the coveringmaterial 2 of the embodiment. A load (normal reaction) by the test piecehas been set to 200 gf (about 1.96 N), and a force applied to the testpiece corresponding to a displacement amount (mm) has been measured as atest force (N) and graphed. A dynamic friction coefficient has beencalculated by a formula: test force/(average value of displacementamount). As shown in this graph, it can be seen that, for example, in arange of the displacement amount of about 15 to 20 mm, the test forceincreases in proportion to the displacement amount, and the dynamicfriction coefficient also increases.

As described above, the dynamic friction coefficient of the surfaceportion of the covering material 2 with respect to the external memberincreases in proportion to the displacement amount of the externalmember. This dynamic friction coefficient may indicate a maximum valuewhen the displacement amount of the external member from the stationarystate is a width of a user's finger. The width of the finger is, forexample, about 15 to 25 mm.

In this case, for example, when the user's finger accidentally startsslipping against the covering material 2, the dynamic frictioncoefficient can be increased in an initial stage, to reduce theabove-mentioned slip. Even when the user intentionally moves (displaces)the finger with respect to the covering material 2, it is also possibleto effectively reduce a possibility that the hand-held part of thearticle 30A covered with the covering material 2 will move (slip) beyondthe user's intention.

In this case, the increasing frictional force is within a range ofincrease in the dynamic friction coefficient, which is very small ascompared to a maximum static frictional force. Therefore, a possibilitythat the user feels difficult to move when moving the finger withrespect to the covering material 2 is effectively reduced, whichimproves practicality such as ease of handling.

Such adjustment of the dynamic friction coefficient can be performed by,for example, the above-mentioned method of viscosity adjustment or thelike of the covering material 2. In this case, the covering material 2may be a resin material containing urethane resin. The covering material2 containing urethane resin may further contain (meth) acrylic resin.The (meth) acrylic resin means acrylic resin or methacrylic resin. Thecovering material 2 may be a resin material containing a copolymer ofurethane and (meth) acrylic. In this case, a molecular chain forming theresin material has a urethane-bonded portion and an acrylic-bondedportion. A weight average molecular weight of the molecular chainforming such a resin material is set to, for example, about 5,000 to50,000. This makes it possible to easily adjust the dynamic frictioncoefficient as the covering material 2, while ensuring mechanicalstrength of the covering material 2.

When the covering material 2 is a resin material containing urethaneresin and (meth) acrylic resin, the covering material 2 havingviscoelasticity as described above can be easily manufactured. It isalso easy to increase the dynamic friction coefficient on the surface ofthe covering material 2 in response to displacement of the externalmember as described above.

That is, urethane resin and (meth) acrylic resin can easily have acomposition in which a glass transition point is lower than 10° C. and asoftening point exceeds 40° C., which facilitates formation of thecovering material 2 having viscoelasticity at 10 to 40° C.

Urethane resin has a relatively small elastic modulus of about 600 to1000 MPa, and has so-called elasticity and an elastic recovery function(a restoring force). Therefore, as described above, it is easy for thedynamic friction coefficient of the outer surface to increase inresponse to displacement of the external member. In this case, thesurface portion of the covering material 2, which is easily deformed, isalso slightly deformed in accordance with displacement of the externalmember. The elastic recovery of the urethane resin acts on thisdeformation. A stress acting on the external member from the coveringmaterial 2 at a time of elastic recovery causes an action of suppressingdisplacement of the external member to some extent. This makes it easyto obtain the covering material 2 in which the dynamic frictioncoefficient of the outer surface increases in response to displacementof the external member.

When the covering material 2 is a resin material containing urethaneresin, the above-mentioned elastic recovery action can also recoverdeformation erroneously generated on the outer surface of the coveringmaterial 2, to a state before the deformation. That is, the coveringmaterial 2 can be provided with a self-repairing function. The abovedeformation that occurs on the surface of the covering material 2 is ascratch, a dent, or the like that occurs, for example, when the coveringmaterial 2 located on an outermost surface of the article 30Aaccidentally comes into contact with the user, various utensils, metalmembers (a fastener held by the user, and the like), outdoor objects,and the like. A function of repairing/restoring such deformation can beeffectively enhanced by further containing (meth) acrylic resin in thecovering material 2.

A thickness of the covering material 2 is set to 20 μm or more inconsideration of ensuring the above-mentioned deformation repairingfunction in the covering material 2. The thickness of the coveringmaterial 2 is set to 20 μm or more and 30 μm or less in considerationalso of strength of joining of the covering material 2 to the hand-heldpart main body 1, workability, productivity, and the like.

A resin material having such a self-repairing function has, for example,the following composition. That is, urethane resin has a compositionobtained by polymerizing isocyanate such as diisocyanate with a polyolsuch as ethylene glycol or polycarbonate diol, and has urethane bondingin a molecular chain. The urethane resin in this case may becopolymerized with an acrylic material such as methyl acrylate or methylmethacrylate.

(Meth) acrylic resin is obtained by bonding, in a chain, polymerizationunits of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or the like, and has acomposition containing a polymer chain of methyl acrylate, methylmethacrylate, or the like. In this case, the covering material 2 isformed of a material containing a copolymer of methyl acrylate or methylmethacrylate and the urethane resin.

The urethane resin and the (meth) acrylic resin may further containanother resin material such as, for example, silicone resin orfluororesin, and may be a copolymer with any one of those resinmaterials. Filler particles made of an inorganic material such as silicamay be added to the urethane resin and the (meth) acrylic resin.

As described above, the article 30 is basically formed by the hand-heldmember 10 of the embodiment including the first embodiment, and the mainbody 20 joined adjacent to the hand-held member 10. The main body 20realizes functions of storing liquid, keeping temperature, and the likewhen the hand-held member 10 is gripped. In the first embodiment, themain body 20 is a tubular container in which one opening 3 a is closed,and the hand-held member 10A covers an outer periphery of the container(main body 20).

According to such a hand-held-type article 30 (30A) of the embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the covering material 2 located on an outermostsurface of the hand-held member 10 (10A), which is a handle portion, hasthe above-described configuration. Therefore, it is possible to providethe hand-held-type article 30 (30A) such as a liquid container (a mugbottle) that facilitates improvement of ease of handling, such as thedifficulty of slipping the fingers on the hand-held member and ease ofdisplacement.

Second Embodiment

FIG. 4A is an exploded plan view showing a hand-held-type article 30(hereinafter, also simply referred to as an article 30B) including ahand-held member 10B according to a second embodiment of the presentdisclosure. FIG. 5 is a transparent plan view of the hand-held-typearticle 30 (not exploded) of FIG. 4A. FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional viewshowing a cross section of a portion B of FIG. 4A.

The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that thearticle 30B is a knife such as a kitchen knife. Also in the secondembodiment, a point that the hand-held member 10B covers an outersurface of a main body in a handle portion of the article 30B is similarto the case of the first embodiment. The point that the hand-held member10B has a hand-held part main body 1 and a covering material 2 arrangedin order from a main body 20B side as shown in the example shown in FIG.4B is also similar to the case of the first embodiment. Note thatreference numeral 1 indicated by a broken line leader in FIG. 4Aindicates that the hand-held member 10B internally has the hand-heldpart main body 1 whose surface is covered with the covering material 2.

The main body 20 of the article 30B in this form is a blade 20Bincluding a base part 5 in which a blade part 4 is located at one end(hereinafter, also referred to as a blade 20B). The hand-held member 10covers a portion (so-called core) 5 a of the base part 5 located outsidethe blade part 4. The hand-held member 10 (10B) in this form is, forexample, a haft of a kitchen knife (hereinafter, also referred to as ahaft 10B). The second embodiment is similar to the first embodimentexcept that the forms of the article 30B and the haft 10B are differentas described above.

The blade 20B is formed of a ceramic material, a metal material, or thelike. Examples of the ceramic material include zirconium oxide, acomposite material containing zirconium oxide as a main component, andthe like. When the blade 20B is made of the ceramic material, thearticle 30B is a so-called ceramic kitchen knife.

In the blade 20B, the blade part 4 is a part that actually cuts anobject such as foodstuffs and the like. The zirconium oxide, which is amain material, may contain particles whose main component is a materialhaving a Vickers hardness higher than that of the zirconium oxide. Amaterial forming the particles is, for example, aluminum oxide or aceramic material containing aluminum oxide as a main component.

A shape and dimensions of the blade 20B are appropriately set inaccordance with the use of the article 30B. A specific shape of theblade 20B may be set to a shape such as, for example, a Japanese kitchenknife such as a broad-bladed kitchen knife or a Santoku knife, a Westernkitchen knife such as a chef's knife, or a Chinese kitchen knife. Theblade 20B does not have to be limited to a shape of a kitchen knife, andmay have a shape of, for example, a knife, a surgical instrument, or thelike. Further, a shape and dimensions of the core 5 a may also beappropriately set in accordance with the use of the article 30B such asa ceramic kitchen knife. A hole 5 b may be located in the core 5 a. Byinserting a part of the hand-held part main body 1 into the hole 5 b, apossibility that the blade 20B will come off from the haft 10B isreduced.

The hand-held part main body 1 and the covering material 2 included inthe hand-held member 10B in the second embodiment are formed of amaterial similar to that of the hand-held part main body 1 and thecovering material 2 included in the hand-held member 10A in the firstembodiment. That is, the covering material 2 located on an outermostsurface of the haft 10B has viscoelasticity as described above. Thiscovering material 2 may have a dynamic friction coefficient as describedabove.

Therefore, for example, in cutting an object by using the kitchen knifeof the article 30B, the user's fingers are less likely to slip againstthe haft 10B. This makes it possible to improve ease of use such ascutting workability of a kitchen knife or the like that is ahand-held-type article 30B.

Further, for example, even when a holding position of the haft 10B ofthe article 30B is slightly changed in order to make it easier to cutfoodstuffs and the like with the blade part 4, it is possible to easilychange the holding position while reducing the slip of the fingersagainst the viscous haft 10B. Therefore, it is possible to provide akitchen knife or the like that is advantageous for improving acharacteristic such as ease of use.

In a case where the article 30B is a ceramic kitchen knife, thehand-held member 10B and the article 30B of the second embodiment can bemanufactured as follows, for example.

First, the blade 20B is prepared. For the blade 20B, alumina powder isadded to zirconia powder containing, for example, yttria powder ofseveral mol % or less, and an appropriate organic resin binder is addedto make granules. The obtained granules are molded like the blade 20B byusing a molding method such as metal molding, and then sintering isperformed to obtain a zirconia sintered compact. The obtained zirconiasintered compact is edged by a usual method, and the blade 20B isobtained. The edging is set so as to obtain a predetermined blade edgeangle. A sintering temperature may be appropriately set in accordancewith the material, for example, 1300° C. or higher and 1700° C. orlower. By polishing one end portion of the produced blade 20B, the bladepart 4 can be formed. This allows the base part 5 including the bladepart 4 and the core 5 a to be produced.

After that, similarly to the case of the first embodiment, a resinmaterial such as polypropylene resin as the hand-held part main body 1and a resin material such as urethane resin as the covering material 2are sequentially attached on an outer surface of the core 5 a part inthe base part 5 of the blade 20B where the blade part 4 is not located.By the above steps, the hand-held member 10B and the hand-held-typearticle 30B according to the second embodiment can be manufactured.

According to the hand-held-type article of the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, it is possible to provide a hand-held-type article thatfacilitates ease of handling in a hand-held member that is a part to beheld by hand.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been describedabove, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-describedembodiments, and various kinds of enhancement and improvement arepossible within the scope of the claims. For example, the hand-heldmember 10 may be colored by adding a coloring material such as a dye tothe hand-held part main body 1 or the covering material 2.

A light (visible light) reflectance of the covering material 2 may beabout 70 to 80% or more on the outer surface portion, and may be morethan that, for example, 90% or more. In this case, especially when thereflectance is 90% or more, an appearance of the covering material 2becomes vivid, which is effective for improving decorativeness inappearance. This can improve decorativeness of the article 30 (30A,30B), and can also increase an added value. For example, when thearticle 30 is displayed and sold together with the same type of product,it can be expected to have an effect such as easily attracting attentionof purchasers.

The covering material 2 having a light reflectance of about 70 to 80% ormore on the outer surface portion contains, for example, (meth) acrylicresin as described above. In this case, due to a light transmissioneffect of the (meth) acrylic resin and a light reflection effect ofother component such as urethane resin, incident light can be reflectedover a relatively wide range in a thickness direction of the coveringmaterial 2. Therefore, the covering material 2 is easily made to have alight reflectance of about 70 to 80% or more on the outer surfaceportion.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERAL

-   -   1: Hand-held part main body    -   2: Covering material    -   3 a: Bottom part    -   3 b: Opening    -   4: Blade part    -   5: Base part    -   5 a: Core    -   10: Hand-held member    -   10A: Hand-held member    -   10B: Hand-held member (haft)    -   20: Main body    -   20A: Main body (container)    -   20B: Main body (blade)    -   30: Hand-held-type article    -   30A: Article (mug bottle)    -   30B: Article (kitchen knife)

The invention claimed is:
 1. A hand-held member comprising: a hand-heldpart main body having a longitudinal length from one end to an opposingend; and a covering material covering the hand-held part main body, thecovering material including a resin material formed from a molecularchain that has a urethane-bonded portion and an acrylic-bonded portion,the molecular chain having a weight average molecular weight between5,000 and 50,000 in the resin material, such that the resin material hasviscoelasticity in a temperature range of 10 to 40° C. and a value of adynamic friction coefficient of a surface portion of the coveringmaterial to a finger in contact with the surface portion increases, inproportion to a displacement amount of the finger from a stationarystate along the longitudinal length of the hand-held part main body, toa peak value when the displacement amount is at a point within a rangeof 15 to 25 millimeters.
 2. A hand-held-type article comprising: thehand-held member according to claim 1; and a main body that is joinedadjacent to the hand-held member and functions when the hand-held memberis gripped.
 3. The hand-held-type article according to claim 2, whereinthe main body is a container having a tubular shape with one openingclosed, and the hand-held member covers an outer periphery of thecontainer.
 4. The hand-held-type article according to claim 2, whereinthe main body is a blade having a blade part and a base part in whichthe blade part is located at one end, and the hand-held member covers aportion of the base part located outside the blade part.